Domna (air base)
Domna is a Russian Aerospace Forces airbase in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia located 27 km southwest of Chita. It is a large, hardened facility with six areas of revetments probably holding 50 fighter aircraft. MiG-23 aircraft from Domna were deployed to Shindand, Afghanistan in the late 1980s.
Domna | |||||||
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| Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai in Russia | |||||||
 Su-30SM at Domna | |||||||
  Domna Shown within Zabaykalsky Krai  Domna Domna (Russia) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 51°55′0″N 113°7′0″E | ||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||
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| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Russian Aerospace Forces | ||||||
| Controlled by | 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| In use | 1971 - present | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: UIAD | ||||||
| Elevation | 695 metres (2,280 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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The base is home to the 120th Composite Aviation Regiment, flying Mikoyan MiG-29s and Sukhoi Su-25s.[1]
Based units
Units stationed at Domna include:
- 733rd Bomber Aviation Regiment (733 BAP) flying Sukhoi Su-24 aircraft from 1975 to 1987. The regiment arrived at Domna in July 1966. Su-24M aircraft arrived in 1984. The regiment was disbanded in July 1987.[2]
- 120th Fighter Aviation Regiment (120 IAP) The regiment was established in 1969 at Bereza-Osovitsy, Brest Oblast. In July 1971, possibly as part of the buildup against the People's Republic of China, it was moved to Domna. In 1978 it converted to the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23, and in 1993 to the Mikoyan MiG-29.[3] It was part of the 23rd Air Army from 1988 to 1998, the 14th Air and Air Defence Forces Army from 1998 to circa 2009, the 3rd AF & AD Command 2009–2015, and now the 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.
- 125 Gv ORAP (125th Guards Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment) flying Su-17M3R in the late 1980s and as many as 26 Su-24MR aircraft around 1990.
- 114 BAP (114th Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Sukhoi Su-24 aircraft; decommissioned around 1992.
The units at the base are now part of the 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army of the Eastern Military District.
Four Su-30SM fighter aircraft from Domna were deployed to Khmeimim Air Base, Syria, on September 18, 2015.[4]
Domna means "blast furnace" in Russian.
References
- "Domna (UIAD)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- "733rd Bomber Aviation Regiment". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
- "120th Fighter Aviation Regiment". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
- Lavrov, Anton (June 2018). "The Russian Air Campaign in Syria: A Preliminary Analysis" (PDF). CNA. p. 9.
Further reading
- Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
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